What?

Malta will kickoff its national selection for Eurovision 2026 – “MESC 2026” with the semi-final show

When?

Thursday, January 15th, at 21:00 – 00:00 CET

18 artists will perform in the following running order:

Aidan – “Bella“
EMA – “Achikuku” (Don’t Think About It)
Chess Galea – “Shout it Out”
Liston Bongailas – “Mela”
Franklin Calleja – “Guide You Home”
Kelsy Attard – “Perfectly Broken“
Matthew Cilia feat. The AfterParty – “Brutality Mentality”
Mark Anthony Bartolo – “Mumenti sbieħ” (Beautiful moments)
Denise – “Trophy“
Kurt Anthony – “On The Borderline”
Rhiannon Micallef – “Hold Myself Up“
Stefan Galea – “Pose“
Matt BLXCK – “Ejja Lejja Ħdejja ‘l Hawn”/ “The Flute” (Eng: (Come to me, come here)
Adria Twins – “Nerġà nqum” (Eng I will rise again)
Kelsie Borg – “Let a Girl Breathe“
Mychael Bartolo Chircop – “My Sweet Angel”
Janice Mangion – “Univers” (Universe)
Nathan Psaila – “Ganador” (Eng: Winner)

The hosts of the shows will be:

Destiny Chukunyere: The singer represented Malta in Eurovision 2021, where she finished 7th in the final. She was also the winner of Junior Eurovision 2015.
Gaia Cauchi: The winner of Junior Eurovision 2013.
Keane Cutajar: a popular TV host

12 artists will qualify for the final.
The results will be based on public votes and jury votes.
The Interval acts for the semi-final will be:
- Tommy Cash
- Gaia Cauchi
- Ivan Grech & Band
- Jamie Cardona